Israel Smith

Israel Smith (4 April 1759-2 December 1810) was a member of the US House of Representatives from Vermont's 1st district from 17 October 1791 to 3 March 1797 (preceding Matthew Lyon) and from 4 March 1801 to 3 March 1803 (succeeding Lyon and preceding Gideon Olin), a US Senator from 4 March 1803 to 1 October 1807 (succeeding Nathaniel Chipman and preceding Jonathan Robinson), and Governor of Vermont from 9 October 1807 to 14 October 1808 (interrupting Isaac Tichenor's terms). He was a Democratic-Republican.

Biography
Israel Smith was born in Suffield, Connecticut in 1759, and he was admitted to the bar in 1781. He began his law practice in Rupert, Vermont, and he served in the Vermont House of Representatives in 1785 and again from 1788 to 1791. In 1791, he was elected to serve as one of Vermont's inaugural members of the US House of Representatives. From 1803 to 1807, he served in the US Senate, and he served as Governor from 1807 to 1808. He died in Rutland, Vermont in 1810.